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As mastiff dogs in modern phrase are

DMI number:
12153
First Line:
As mastiff dogs in modern phrase are
Last Line:
Whether this be not a salamander
Poem Genre / Form:
Answer/reply, Satire, and Couplet
Themes:
Corruption, Illness, injury[The clap], Politics, Science[Natural history - Salamander], and Social order
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Author:
Jonathan Swift
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Swift Poems Project, 082-
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As mastiff dogs in modern phrase are
Last Line:
Is not this same a Salamander
Relationship:
Variant Of
Comments:
First Line:
For what is understood by fame
Last Line:
Besides the getting of a name
Relationship:
Extract Of/Extracted In
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
Miscellanies in prose and verse. The fourth edition [T39456] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.103[i.e.203]-205
Poem Title:
The Description of a Salamander. Out of Pliny's Nat. Hist. L. 10. C. 67. & L. 29. C. 4. Anno 1705.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
The muse's vagaries or the merry mortal's companion [Part II] [ESTC T170724]
Page No(s):
pp.99-101
Poem Title:
Dean Swift's Character of the Late L--d C--tts; represented in the Description of a Salamander.
Attribution:
By Dr. Swift [Contents page attribution]
Attributed To:
Jonathan Swift